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If you want to convert your video into an audio format using Python, then you're in the right place. In this tutorial, I will show you two simple methods to extract audio from a video file with the help of FFmpeg and MoviePy library in Python.
Before we get started, you need to have FFmpeg installed on your machine. If you're on Windows, check this tutorial where you simply install it and add it to the PATH variable. If you're on Linux, then it's straightforward to install it using the following commands:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install ffmpeg
Note that MoviePy depends on the FFmpeg software for video reading and writing, and it'll automatically install it when you first use it. So you shouldn't worry much if you fail the above step and want to use the second method (i.e., using MoviePy).
Let's install MoviePy now:
$ pip install moviepy
Related: How to Add Audio to Video in Python.
This method involves using Python's built-in subprocess module to the appropriate FFmpeg command:
import subprocess
import os
import sys
def convert_video_to_audio_ffmpeg(video_file, output_ext="mp3"):
"""Converts video to audio directly using `ffmpeg` command
with the help of subprocess module"""
filename, ext = os.path.splitext(video_file)
subprocess.call(["ffmpeg", "-y", "-i", video_file, f"{filename}.{output_ext}"],
stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
if __name__ == "__main__":
vf = sys.argv[1]
convert_video_to_audio_ffmpeg(vf)
In the convert_video_to_audio_ffmpeg()
function, we first split the input video file name into the original file name without extension and the extension itself, so we can get the output file name by simply adding the audio extension to the original name. In this case, it's mp3
.
We use the subprocess.call()
method to run the FFmpeg command, the -y
flag is for ignoring the overwrite prompt, and -i
for specifying the input video file. The last argument is the output file name with the mp3
audio extension, you can change it to wav
if you want but that resulted in a large audio file in my case for some reason.
Lastly, we pass subprocess.DEVNULL
to stdout
argument, and subprocess.STDOUT
to stderr
so we can discard the FFmpeg output. You can run the script via:
$ python video2audio_ffmpeg.py zoo.webm
Where zoo.webm
is your video file with any format.
Related: How to Reverse Videos in Python
In this method, we use the pretty straightforward MoviePy library that uses FFmpeg under the hood:
import os
import sys
from moviepy.editor import VideoFileClip
def convert_video_to_audio_moviepy(video_file, output_ext="mp3"):
"""Converts video to audio using MoviePy library
that uses `ffmpeg` under the hood"""
filename, ext = os.path.splitext(video_file)
clip = VideoFileClip(video_file)
clip.audio.write_audiofile(f"{filename}.{output_ext}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
vf = sys.argv[1]
convert_video_to_audio_moviepy(vf)
Here, we instantiate the VideoFileClip()
class, and then use the write_audiofile()
method from the audio
object of the clip
to save it as an audio file. Using the script:
$ python video2audio_moviepy.py zoo.webm
Alright, that's it for this quick tutorial, I hope it helped you accomplish your projects quickly and reliably.
Learn also: How to Play and Record Audio in Python.
Happy coding ♥
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